Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Embassy of India, Riyadh will hold the next session of “Open House” for Indian citizens to address their problems/grievances on Thursday, March 14, in the Embassy premises from 10:00 hours to 12:00 hours.
During the Open House, members of the com
Indian Embassy to hold Open House on Thursday
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Fire broke out at Al Suhaili Trading and Development Company
Fire broke out at a cable company’s compound opposite to Baroom center in Al Ruwais district at midday. Three Civil Defense tenders brought the huge blaze under control. The warehouse belonged to Al Suhaili Trading and Development Company. A huge crowd gathered as firefighters brought the fire under control. No loss of life was reported. — Courtesy photo
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PEG honors new consul general
From left to right: Dr Javed Hayat Khan, Vice President – PEG, Chief Guest Aftab A. Khokher, Consul General Pakistan, Azizullah Shariff, Secretary General PEG, Mutahir Rizvi President PEG, Zafar Talpur, Khalid Ali Khan, Dr. Mohammad Zubair, Members of Executive Committee of PEG after the awarding of PEG Plaque to the Khokher by Rizvi. — Courtesy photo
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Specialists warn against use of cheap cosmetics
Amal Al-Sibai Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – In their quest for beauty, women are often lured into buying cheap cosmetics with labels that imitate the authentic brand names, and a range of concoctions that promise fair, glowing, blemish-free skin. Such products are found at every SR2 shop with negligible reg
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Batterjee students celebrate International Day of Cultures
From left: Bassem Al-Jassem, PR manager at BMC; students dressed in Yemeni attire, Khalid Batterjee, dean of BMC; Ahmed Ibrahim, dean of student affairs; Hassan Shaiba, vice dean of academic affairs; Yaqub Asiri, director of safety and security. — Courtesy photo BMC Sana Abdul Salam Saudi Gazette JEDD
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Obligatory courses for those wanting to marry
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Minister of Social Affairs Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen told Al-Jazirah daily that the Council of Ministers is studying regulations that will require any man or woman who wants to get married to pass a course on marital life and problems.
The minister added that the
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A trip into the unknown: In search of a forest park in east of Jeddah
Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — It took Saudi Gazette two hours to find a new park that had been built over an old sewage lake located in the far eastern side of Jeddah. Apart from us, there were only sewage trucks going in that direction, heading to what was formerly known as the Musk Lake, th
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CGI clarifies on ‘amnesty’
JEDDAH — The Consulate General of India has clarified that it has not received any communication from the Saudi government regarding a possible amnesty allowing expatriates who have overstayed their visas to leave the Kingdom without any penal action.
In a press statement issued here Monday, the consulate said it has been flooded with inqui
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KFH laboratory head dismissed
Majed Al-Seqairi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
MADINAH — The Health Affairs directorate in Madinah has dismissed the head of the laboratory of King Fahd Hospital (KFH) after a video showing patients’ samples being stored in toilets leaked online.
It is also investigating the hospital’s head of clinic
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Mixed environment big hurdle facing female employment
Fatima Muhammad
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The main challenge facing Saudi female graduates is that they do not want to work in mixed environments. And in some cases, several families have shown reluctance to allow their wards to work along side their male counterparts.
Laila Zayan, dean of graduate affa
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Nazaha team investigates delayed railway contracts
Mishal Al-Otaibi
Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — The National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) has commissioned a team of specialists to investigate the delay in the installation of communications and signals systems for the Saudi Railways Organization (SRO).
SRO had signed a contract with a company to impl
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Pakistani Navy Ship visits JIP March 24-27
JEDDAH — Pakistan Navy Ship “PNS Shahjahan” will be visiting Jeddah Islamic Port March 24-27 on a goodwill cum-training visit.
The ship derives its name after Shahjahan, the third son of Mughal Emperor Jahangir, who was born in Lahore. Shahjahan, at the age of 14, became the emperor of India when his father died in 1628. He exte
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Crackdown in the capital nets 41 illegal Ethiopians
Mishal Al-Otaibi Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Within hours of launching its campaign against illegal aliens here Sunday, the capital’s Passports Department officials were able to apprehend 41 Ethiopian infiltrators. Citizens and media personnel accompanying the officials witnessed the chase after the
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Hai’a won’t use force to extract confessions
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH/DAMMAM — The Commission to Promote Virtue and Prevent Vice (the Hai’a) will not use force to extract confessions from people it arrests in connection with criminal and moral offenses, Dammam-based Al-Yaum newspaper reported Monday.
Sources told newspaper tha
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Madinah to start stint as new Islamic culture capital
Saudi Gazette report
MADINAH — Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, is scheduled to launch today (Tuesday) festivities to celebrate Madinah as the new capital of Islamic culture. Prominent Muslim scholars, historians and intellectuals will be in attendance at the fest
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Expatriates run our country
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Hassani
Okaz
Headlines in newspapers about foreign manpower controlling markets, economic activities, trade and agriculture have not only become boring, but meaningless, colorless and tasteless. Newspapers come to us every day with these headlines as if they are revealing deeply buried secrets or uncovering classified da
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When will investment scams end?
Abdullah Omar Khayyat
Okaz
It seems to me that there will be no imminent end to embezzling people of their money under the pretext of investment. This soap opera will continue unless severe actions are taken against fake investors. The big sharks take money from people, promising them good profits in return only to disappear into thin air
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86 Saudis graduate from Japan
Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette JEDDAH —Thirty Japanese companies will participateTuesday in a career day in Tokyo held by the Saudi Cultural Attaché to celebrate the graduation of the first batch of 86 students studying in Japan. Among the group are seven female students who majored in computer
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UK education consultants in KSA
MANAMA — Sue Anderson Consultants (SAC), Education consultants and UK boarding school specialist, is touring the Kingdom. After three successful days in Riyadh, the consultants will be in Al-Khobar on Wednesday and Thursday at Le Gulf Meridian Hotel, before heading to Jeddah from March 15-18 at the Le Meridian Hotel.
The tour enables famil
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Pakistanis can get MRPs extended
JEDDAH — Consulate General of Pakistan has started extending machine readable passports (MRPs) manually to help Pakistani nationals who have applied for renewal of their passports but whose delivery has been delayed. They can now get extension of their MRPs manually for one year.
The consulate said the move was aimed at ensuring the welfar
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